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Last update: 04.07.2024 - older versions

Arcom White Paper on Radio

The result of more than 30 hearings and consultations with the main players in radio, Arcom has published its White Paper on the future of radio in France, which provides a broad overview of the sector and its economic, legal and technical aspects, as well as changes in usage.

The White Paper on Radio was presented by Roch-Olivier Maistre, President of Arcom and by Hervé Godechot, Arcom member and chairman of the Radio and Digital Audio working group, at the Assises de la radio 2024 conference on Tuesday 18 June at the Arcom headquarters in Paris.

Arcom is proposing a two-phase trajectory, aiming to achieve predominantly digital broadcasting by the end of 2033 and requiring the mobilisation of the entire ecosystem:

• Phase 1: Preparation (2024-2027): Establishing a balanced radio ecosystem within a legislative and technological environment that facilitates continued digitisation under optimal conditions.

• Phase 2: Migration (2028-2033): Completing a market-initiated transition to a digital broadcasting model, six years after the preparation phase and nine years after the publication of the White Paper in 2024.

The transition will require regulation, metrics, planning, marketing and then resources.

DAB+ : a structural choice for the radio industry

Launched in 2014 in Paris, Nice and Marseille, DAB+ is now seen as critical to contribute to the future of radio and to address the saturation of FM. It is a means to preserve diversity and plurality. As DAB+ is reaching a turning point, the regulator, Arcom, is launching in 2023 a consultation with the radio industry which will include the switchover from FM to DAB+ both in the metropolitan area and overseas. The economics of radio are a key element of the expected white paper, as well as the potential acceleration of the deployment.

Deployment of DAB+

On 12 October 2021, France launched two new national multiplexes broadcasting 26 DAB+ stations, including national services from Radio France, leading private broadcasters and four new national services. The new multiplexes are broadcast along the major motorway corridors of Paris-Lyon-Marseille. The 26 services include four new DAB+ only stations and 22 stations that are also broadcast in FM. Extension to more main roads and highly populated areas is planned for the end of 2023. These 26 radios are in addition to the hundreds of radio stations already available regionally and locally on DAB+

The CSA rollout plan, the so-called "nodes and arcs strategy" described in 2017, which also includes continued regional and local rollouts alongside the launch of national services, was updated in 2021.

Arcom says that "In total, it is expected that 17 multiplexes, extended or local, will have started broadcasting during the summer of 2023. At the end of these start-ups, the coverage of the metropolitan population by DAB+ will exceed 50%."

French DAB+ Broadcast Networks Factsheet

A new factsheet on DAB+ digital radio in France has been produced for automotive manufacturers, as the country achieves over 50% DAB+ population coverage.

The factsheet from WorldDAB - the global industry forum for DAB digital radio - was produced as part of the work of its Automotive Working Group, in partnership with network operator TDF, and RadioDNS which promotes hybrid radio.

France DAB+ Broadcast Networks

Receiver legislation

Older pieces of legislation in France related to DAB+ in cars have been superseded by the transposition in November 2020 of the EECC into French legislation. This law passed the last stage and was made official in December 2020, with the transposition of the EECC into French law officially published on 28 May 2021. Domestic receivers, for which the reception function of radio services broadcast is not purely incidental, and have an alphanumeric screen, must be capable of receiving digital terrestrial radio. Discussions are ongoing to make DAB+ mandatory in all receivers.

Last update: 22.09.2023 - older versions

DAB+ digital terrestrial radio continues to roll out across France. With its arrival in towns such as Bayonne, Besançon, Brest, Clermont-Ferrand, Metz, Nancy and Pau, this summer DAB+ passed the symbolic milestone of covering 50% of the French population. A trial has also been underway in Martinique since January. With the continued roll-out of national antennas between October 2023 and March 2024, more than 60% of the population will be covered by DAB+ by early 2024.

In December 2021, the French media regulator CSA, published an updated DAB+ roadmap highlighting DAB+ developments plans for the 2022-2024 period.

According to the new roadmap, calls for applications will be launched for 50 local allotments in that period of time – these primarily concerned the cities of Dijon, Lyon, Marseille, Rennes, Caen, Nancy, Paris, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Poitiers and Toulouse. An overseas trial has also been licensed in Martinique.

Last update: 22.09.2023 - older versions

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French DAB+ Broadcast Networks Factsheet

A new factsheet on DAB+ digital radio in France has been produced for automotive manufacturers, as the country achieves over 50% DAB+ population coverage.

France DAB+ Broadcast Networks

Please note:

(a) These web pages are updated regularly to reflect current services on air, however they may not be exactly up to date.

(b) The logos shown on these pages are for illustrative purposes only – manufacturers and broadcasters are directed here for information on implementing station logos.

An interactive map showing all services currently on air in France, as well as those licensed to go on air, can be found at: Ma radio DAB Plus - CSA - Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel.

	Simulcast on AM / FM	Exclusive on digital	Total of services
DAB+ programmes	358	102	460

Last update: 18.07.2024 - older versions

In France, as of H2 2023, 98% of new cars sold are equipped with DAB+ as standard (Source: JATO Dynamics 2023).

Last update: 05.02.2021 - older versions

Receiver legislation

In December 2018 DAB+ coverage reached 21.3% of the French population, which triggered a law requiring that all radio receivers (including in-car) sold in France be compatible with the broadcasting standards (ie DAB+). This 2018 law was amended in June 2020 to align with the EECC deadline of 20 December 2020.

In November 2020, the French parliament voted in favour of a law to transpose the EECC into French legislation. This law passed the last stage and was made official in December 2020, enabling the government to take a final decree which is expected by early 2021. The decree will confirm that new passenger cars in France will be required to include digital terrestrial radio from 20 December 2020, in line with the EECC. Additional obligations regarding consumer receivers have yet to be agreed and may also be included in that decree enacting the EECC.

More detailed information is in the WorldDAB EECC Factsheet.

Last update: 04.07.2024 - older versions

La Réunion: Arcom has authorised two trials of DAB+ radio broadcasting in Saint-Denis from March 1, 2024.
La Martinique: trial authorised since January 2023 ; three sites in Martinique and 11 stations: Radio Fusion, Fusion 100 % Infos, Fusion Compas, Fusion Salsa Kl@moson, Fusion Gold, Maknet Jazz, Mixx FM Martinique, Radio Évangile Martinique, Radio Actif Martinique, Identité Radio and Martinique La 1ère.

Last update: 04.07.2024 - older versions

DAB+ regulation in France is outlined on the French Media regulator's website.

Arcom's annual report

Arcom's White Paper on the future of radio

Last update: 04.07.2024 - older versions

Ensemble pour le DAB+

“Ensemble pour le DAB+” is an association created in 2022 on the instigation of the Bureau de la Radio, Radio France and SIRTI, with the aim of setting up and coordinating communication and marketing actions around the development of DAB+, both nationally and locally. The French Ministry of Culture is a partner of the Association.

The first global campaign took place in January 2024. The objective was to raise awareness of DAB+; the reach was 70% of the French population over 13 years old with a 1000 audio spots played during a week. It was completed by a social media campaign and a billboard campaign in the Paris metro, outdoors in the Ile-de-France region and in Nantes, Strasbourg, Lyon and Lille.

DABplus.fr

The website DABplus.fr was set up to summarise the deployment of DAB+ in France. It is paid by and for stakeholders of DAB+ in France. www.DABplus.fr

DAB+ digital radio expands to Anjou

13.07.2023 - TDF WorldDAB Member - France

On Thursday 13 July, TDF launched a transmitter at Saint-Barthélemy d'Anjou (Maine-et-Loire) to broadcast digital radio. Thirteen radio stations will be brought into service. The service area covers the Angers conurbation. To enable these radios to be broadcast in DAB+, TDF teams have installed new technical facilities. The work involved installing new antenna systems, multiplexing cells and associated transmitters at the broadcast sites. Infrastructure adaptation work was also carried out.

(TDF) Read more

Radio BOA starts broadcasting on DAB+

12.07.2023 - France

On 12 July, Radio BOA, based in Quimperlé (Finistère), went on air in DAB+. "Thanks to the arrival of this new broadcasting technology for radio in Brittany, we have had the opportunity to create a new regional and community radio station. It's a unique and original experiment: this new medium, which is free and accessible to all, was conceived and built by 15 local and community radio stations belonging to the Coordination des radios locales et associatives de Bretagne, which by 2023 will bring together 20 of the 34 local and community radio stations in Brittany," explains the Radio BOA team.

(La Lettre Pro de la Radio) Read more

DAB+ continues to expand in all French cities

06.07.2023 - France

Following recent DAB+ launches in Bayonne and Metz, Nancy listeners will now also be able to listen to digital terrestrial radio and discover not only Ado "the mythical Hip-Hop and R'nB radio station" but also Oui FM "the only French rock radio station".

(La Lettre Pro) Read more

Celebrating the launch of DAB+ in the Grand-Est region

05.07.2023 - TDF WorldDAB Member - France

On Wednesday 5 July, TDF is making official the extensive roll-out of digital radio in Lorraine, at its Nancy-Malzéville broadcasting site, in the presence of Gaëlle Kaminsky, Deputy Director of TDF's Audiovisual and Networks activities, representatives of the Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority (Arcom), partner radio stations and local representatives. TDF is now broadcasting DAB+ from its sites in Nancy-Malzéville, Commercy-Lérouville, Scy-Chazelles, Thionville-Beuvange, Saint-Dié-L'Ormont, Forbach and Epinal. Broadcasts from the TDF sites in Sarreguemines, Bar-le-Duc-Saint-Roch, Hambach and Ludres-Branly will begin in the coming weeks

(TDF) Read more

Radio Ado and Oui FM arrive in Metz on DAB+

04.07.2023 - France

While DAB+ was in the spotlight at the Fête de la Radio, the technology is continuing to be rolled out in the regions, and will pass the symbolic milestone of covering 50% of the French population by the summer. Following on from Besançon, listeners in Metz will now be able to tune in to DAB+ radio and discover Ado "the legendary hip-hop and R&B radio station" and OÜI FM "the only French rock radio station".

(La Lettre Pro de la Radio) Read more

DAB+: Phare FM launches its 15th broadcast zone

03.07.2023 - France

Since 29 June, Phare FM has been broadcasting on DAB+ in the Moselle region. This opportunity to broadcast from the Moselle prefecture to the gateway to Luxembourg represents a potential additional 548,000 people who will now be able to listen to Phare FM. Previously comprising affiliated local stations on FM and/or DAB+ in Basel-Mulhouse, Grenoble, Nord-Alsace (formerly Haguenau), Haute-Normandie, Lyon-Dauphiné, Montauban and Mons (Belgium), Phare FM has seen historic growth in its national coverage area since 2016.

(La Lettre Pro de la Radio) Read more

Start-up of DAB+ multiplexes in Besançon, Metz and Nancy

30.06.2023 - France

DAB+ technology is gradually being rolled out in France. Every year, new transmitters are brought into service to provide ever finer coverage of the country. In total, 17 extended or local multiplexes are scheduled to start broadcasting in the summer of 2023. Once these transmitters are up and running, DAB+ will cover more than 50% of the population of mainland France. Discover the list of digital radio stations authorised in June by Arcom in the local and extended allotments of Besançon, Metz and Nancy.

(Arcom) Read more

Start-up of DAB+ multiplexes in Bayonne

30.06.2023 - France

DAB+ technology is gradually being rolled out in France. Every year, new transmitters are brought into service to provide ever finer coverage of the country. In total, 17 extended or local multiplexes are scheduled to start broadcasting in the summer of 2023. Once these transmitters are up and running, DAB+ will cover more than 50% of the population of mainland France. Every month, digital terrestrial radio (DAB+) passes new milestones in its rollout. Discover the list of digital radio stations authorised in June by Arcom in the local and extended allotments of Bayonne.

(Arcom) Read more

DAB+ digital radio arrives in southern Aquitaine

30.06.2023 - TDF WorldDAB Member - France

On Friday 30 June TDF launched digital radio broadcasting in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region from its iconic site on La Rhune. Two multiplexes of thirteen digital-quality radio stations, for a total of twenty-six, went live. The area covered extends from the Basque coast to the gateway to the Landes region and a large part of the inland Basque country. Over the summer, digital radio broadcasting will be gradually extended across the region and into the Hautes-Pyrénées.

(TDF) Read more

DAB digital radio broadcasts will soon reach the Basque Country

28.06.2023 - France

There will be no change in FM radio in the Basque Country, but this week an important step will be taken in the field of radio: for the first time, DAB or DAB+ digital audio transmissions will be launched (digital audio broadcasting). The first digital broadcasts can be heard on the coast of Lapurdi, from Friday. Christophe Betbeder, the main representative of the Syndicat National des Radios Libres (SNRL), highlighted that "a new potential radio offer" has arrived. And it will affect the offer. "There will be 26 digital radio stations, eighteen of which were not present in the Basque Country until now."

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Status:	regular
Population:	65.2 million
Population coverage:	54.8%
Services:	460 DAB+
Line-fit automotive sales (cumulative):	6,346,000 devices
New cars with DAB/DAB+ as standard:	98%
Total Sales (cumulative):	8,394,000 devices
Penetration by household:	13.7%
Last update: 18.07.2024